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"I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, "We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it. And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse."
Originally posted by DeathDoesntExist
Also, the people have stated that most "CTers" have abandoned this quote because they now believe it to be true, that he meant "pull the fire fighters out".
Originally posted by deltaboy
Christ man we already gone through this. Sometimes I even ask the person knocking the door "who is it"? Sometimes people just use it or them. Not to mention when does the fire department became demolition experts? He tells the fire commander to blow the building?
Originally posted by bsbray11
Not at all. I don't argue about it, and I know others don't argue about it, because it's a pointless argument that no one is ever going to be able to prove, because the man can say he meant whatever he likes, and the whole quote about talking to the commander beforehand strikes me as a lie in the first place.
Notice that this silence, as usual, is translated into "you agree with me/us", rather than the lack of information that it really is.
People should really learn to tell the difference between things they don't know, and things that they do.
Originally posted by DeathDoesntExist
You ask "who is it" because only ONE hand knocked on the door.
Also, fire fighters are demolition experts, and are trained to be demo experts. When they put out a fire, they dont just leave. They demo the walls and everything near the burnt area, to make sure it is not burning internaly.
Also, he was relaying the message. Larry tells the fire commander to blow the building, and the fire commander tells whoever is in charge of the demo to pull the trigger. Of course, the fire commander is in charge of the safety of pedestrains also, the smart thing to do is tell the fire commander first, so he can prepare the pedestrains.
Originally posted by DeathDoesntExist
Also, fire fighters are demolition experts, and are trained to be demo experts. When they put out a fire, they dont just leave. They demo the walls and everything near the burnt area, to make sure it is not burning internaly.
Originally posted by deltaboy
I say "it" because its what I am use to. I could have said who is at the door? Instead I'm calling the person it.
Taking down walls to reach fires and putting it out does not mean they are demolition experts.
OK, now you are assuming that Larry is giving the fire commander the message to send to whoever that is going to blow the building down. You are grasping straws here.
Originally posted by deltaboy
Not to mention when does the fire department became demolition experts?
Originally posted by deltaboy
Christ man we already gone through this. Sometimes I even ask the person knocking the door "who is it"? Sometimes people just use it or them. Not to mention when does the fire department became demolition experts? He tells the fire commander to blow the building?